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1 Kings 5:15

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And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

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  1. 1 Kings 5:13

    And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

  2. 1 Kings 5:14

    And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.

  3. 1 Kings 5:16

    Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

  4. 1 Kings 5:17

    And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.